Since when can you call a timeout during a play?? (USC v Utah)
Not sure if anyone else just saw the end of the Utah - USC game, but USC threw an interception with 12 seconds left that was called back because of pass interference. The clock should've had about four seconds left, but the refs said to put the game clock to 12 seconds because a time out was signalled during the play.
Since when can you call a timeout during a play in football? Why aren't more teams doing this?
October 16th, 2022 at 12:05 AM ^
You can’t. I think they claimed it was an inadvertent whistle. I was shocked when they added time when they should have reduced the time left.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:06 AM ^
I was thinking the clock should be set back to the time of the interference call, because the guy who intercepted it ran about 6 seconds off the clock after the foul was committed. It seems logical to me. I mean, what if the interceptor just ran around for 13 seconds? Would the game just be over even though a flag was thrown?
October 16th, 2022 at 12:08 AM ^
The game can't end on a defensive penalty, so no. But it's also not a dead-ball foul either.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:41 AM ^
So what should the clock have been set back to?!
October 16th, 2022 at 1:38 AM ^
Oh behave!
October 16th, 2022 at 1:38 AM ^
Oh behave!
October 16th, 2022 at 9:55 AM ^
42.27
October 16th, 2022 at 12:57 AM ^
Based on the replay, there should have only been about 5 or 6 seconds left.
The ball was intercepted at :12, and the interceptor ran about 6 or 7 seconds before running out of bounds. Inexplicably, the refs put :13 on the clock.
October 16th, 2022 at 5:03 AM ^
....between 41 - 17 seconds.
October 16th, 2022 at 7:43 AM ^
I’d assume the offense simply gets an untimed down
October 16th, 2022 at 12:11 AM ^
Happens all the time in the middle of the game. What about when a QB heaves one 40 yards downfield after an offsides. It’s known as a “free play”. They don’t stop the clock on the offsides. End of game would be no different except the game can’t end on a defensive penalty so it would be an untimed play.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:11 AM ^
What? So every time there's a holding call you think the clock gets set back to the time of the hold even if the running back goes for 70 yards? You can't be serious.
October 16th, 2022 at 1:34 AM ^
To stop the clock during a play with a time-out is messed up.
I have never seen the like
To take it a bit further, what if Utah fumbled the ball during the interception and USC returns it for a touchdown? Did the clock stop at the interception yet the play was still live?
Crazy stuff.
October 16th, 2022 at 10:18 AM ^
It does definitely give an incentive for the defense to commit penalties in some cases. You'd rather give up a penalty than a big play if there's not much time left and the other team still has far to drive.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:14 PM ^
Then they get one untimed down.
I can't believe someone actually doesn't understand this.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:07 AM ^
Yeah, that was really sus. They also added a second shortly after. Gave USC every opportunity. Good win for the Utes.
October 16th, 2022 at 6:38 AM ^
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October 16th, 2022 at 12:08 AM ^
My understanding is that one of the refs inadvertently blew the play dead when the pass interference occurred, which is a massive mistake considering the situation. As if that wasn't enough, they decided to add another second to the clock after the next play (from 7 to 8 seconds).
October 16th, 2022 at 1:45 AM ^
I thought that they blew the whistle because they thought it was an incomplete pass and missed the interception happening. But then the refs came out with the "time-out called during the play" explanation.
I'm sure the NCAA will explain it clearly sometime this week(sarcasm).
It looked like Whittingham was going to go beserk. I think he said "you can't do that!" but they could, and did.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:08 AM ^
USC bought their coach, their team and the refs and still lost. HAHA!
October 16th, 2022 at 6:31 AM ^
I guess there are just some things that money can’t buy… even $95 million spent by our next opponent
October 16th, 2022 at 12:08 AM ^
That was incompetence. You can't whistle inadvertently and give a team additional time that they didn't deserve.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:09 AM ^
USC gained another 1 second after a timeout afterward (from 7 to 8). Their timeouts are like special cards from Exploding Kittens…thank goodness they were out of diffuse cards!!!
October 16th, 2022 at 6:25 AM ^
Thumbs up for the Exploding Kittens reference. Awesome game that our family loves to play!!!!
October 16th, 2022 at 12:13 AM ^
That’s not what happened. But what an F up by the ref to blow an inadvertent whistle!? WTF?
October 16th, 2022 at 12:19 AM ^
It was worse. They put :13 seconds on the clock. And the pick happened with :12. Bonkers.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:20 AM ^
Good question I was wondering the same thing!
October 16th, 2022 at 12:23 AM ^
SMH. The ref announced the in play timeout with such confidence. Hopefully something else happened and he misspoke. If not that is egregious and he should not ref a high caliber game again.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:27 AM ^
Not to mention the blatant late hit out of bounds at the end of the interception.
Utes played terrifically, and their fans were awesome. Great win for them!
October 16th, 2022 at 10:20 AM ^
They never mentioned that late hit. The USC player had an oh shit look on his face. He thought for sure he would get busted on the out of bounds hit. Nope.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:28 AM ^
It was bizarre. Then just before the last play, with seven seconds left, they inexplicably added a second, which might have been just enough to allow USC to throw a pass into field goal range and call time out. But the qb had to scramble on the next play and the pass was incomplete with no time left.
October 16th, 2022 at 12:48 AM ^
They do things differently out on the west coast
October 16th, 2022 at 5:05 AM ^
Left coast. FIFY.
October 16th, 2022 at 11:04 AM ^
The west coast of the Great Salt Lake?
October 16th, 2022 at 1:01 AM ^
Missed the USC late hit out of bounds too.
Though it would've been sweet if the DB had had the presence of mind to just run around until the clock ran out. (Yeah, they would've gotten an untimed down, but still...)
October 16th, 2022 at 7:11 AM ^
That was one of the worst called games I've seen in a awhile. Even the announcers were debating the calls with each other. At one point, I thought the Utah fans were going to rush the field. Horrible.
October 16th, 2022 at 7:35 AM ^
I didn't know you could do a summersault into the endzone with no penalty after a lucky ass pick 6 either.
Esp. since you can't make a 'wiping my mouth' move after a sack without a 15 yard penalty.
But whatever man. PSU looked real cool and real mouthy while getting they asses 'barrassed like no B10 team since Rutgers.
October 16th, 2022 at 8:56 AM ^
That was one of the worst officiated games I’ve watched. SC had two roughing penalties called that affected the game greatly. One on a pick in the end zone and Utah scored next play after, and another one late that would have created 4th and very long. Brock Huard was coming unglued at both of them.
October 16th, 2022 at 11:06 AM ^
Brock Huard is a fake tough guy (and a pompous ass). The pass was thrown. The defender could have easily pulled up. It was an obvious call.
October 16th, 2022 at 11:39 AM ^
That was another example in a long line of them of asinine Pac 10 refereeing shenanigans. The play obviously ended with 8 seconds on the clock, and there was no evidence of an early whistle shown in the broadcast. Just the refs straight up handing USC an extra play.
Lucky for Utah, Williams is decidedly not equipped to Tom Brady his team down the field under extreme pressure. It was 40 yard chunk or nothing for him like 6 plays in a row.